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Saturday, 26 January 2013

Productive Saturday

I've had a productive day, and feel really pleased with what I've got done so far. I've written some more, and feel very happy with how the book is progressing. I also spent some times yesterday reordering the texts I've written, in order to make the writing more cohesive overall.
I've also experimented with throwing and kicking a blank canvas in order to deliberately weather and damage it. This was in preparation for the next piece I'm planning, and I thought the effects were great. The canvas was very obviously damaged, and even the frame was slightly broken in some places. This is in contrast to the pieces that are naturally weathered, as the effects of this are quite subtle. I think this will make a really interesting contrast when the two are shown alongside each other.
I think I'm going to embroider onto this canvas so it's not so plain. I'm interested in using embroidery as a means of repair with the final canvas.

Further to all of this, I've also finally finished the piece I've been
weathering. I'm pleased that the snow has actually had an effect, and
seems to have weakened the canvas in places. There is a small patch at
the bottom of the canvas that has become a bit frayed. I'm quite pleased
with this, as with previous pieces they haven't physically been
altered, and the surface becoming dirtied is the only effect.
I'm really happy with what I'm doing at the moment, and now we just need to look further into finding a new venue for our exhibition, which really hasn't been a smooth process unfortunately. At least the experiences we've had organising this exhibition have been a big learning experience. We're both looking into alternative options, so I hope that we'll be able to arrange something sooner rather than later.

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English fine artist living in London. I work in portraiture and fibre based art, and am currently experimenting with the effects of natural and deliberate weathering in my work. In order to do this more successfully, I undertook an artist residency in northern Iceland in September 2013.